smug

英 [smʌɡ]

美 [smʌɡ]

adj.  沾沾自喜的; 自鸣得意的

最高级：smuggest　比较级：smugger　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12330 / COCA.12560

牛津词典

adj.

• 沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的
  looking or feeling too pleased about sth you have done or achieved
  1. a smug expression/smile/face, etc.
     沾沾自喜的表情、笑容、面容等
  2. What are you looking so smug about?
     你怎么这样一副神气活现的样子？

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾沾自喜的;自鸣得意的;洋洋自得的
  If you say that someone issmug, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are.
  1. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.
     托马斯和夫人得意地互相望了一眼。

英英释义

adj

• marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
  1. a smug glow of self-congratulation
  Synonym:self-satisfied

双语例句

• After we're gone, nature's revenge for our smug, mechanized superiority arrives waterborne.
  我们离去之后，大自然依托水的威力对我们自鸣得意的机械制造品展开了复仇。
• The mood is dangerously smug.
  市场的自满情绪已经有些危险了。
• What gets me is the way he's so smug all the time.
  让我恼火的是他总是这么洋洋自得。
• Many people are probably reading this, identifying the good things they already do and feeling smug.
  很多人在读这篇文章的时候，看到了他们已经做到的好的方面，可能正在飘飘然呢。
• He tried hard not to smile in smug self-satisfaction.
  他强忍住沾沾自喜的笑容。
• He thought all the water in the world had gathered here and couldn't help feeling smug.
  他想天下所有的水都汇集到自己这里来了，不由得洋洋得意起来。
• Cycled home feeling less smug.
  骑自行车回家，感觉不那么自鸣得意了。
• Users of other languages shouldn't be too smug, though.
  然而，其他语言的用户也不应该沾沾自喜。
• Once, another man came but Mr Thomas found he was infuriatingly smug: He was annoying.
  曾经有一次活动来了另一位爸爸，但托马斯发现这个人自命不凡，令人恼火：他太气人了。
• You say "I find it difficult to reveive, but easy to give" and you feel smug about it.
  你说：“我发现接受很难，但给予却很容易”，你还为这而感到沾沾自喜。